The inaugural tournament of the 2023 Asian Tour season will bring together several players from the LIV International Series, including the current world number 3, Cameron Smith. But alongside the stars will also be the young hope of tricolor golf Oihan Guillamoundeguy.
Oihan Guillamoundeguy, schedule
After the confirmations of the presence of Phil Mickelson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka or Dustin Johnson, the field of Saudi International, the first tournament of the Asian Tour, is still expanding with the confirmation of the invitation received by the 18-year-old Oihan Guillamoundeguy from the Landes turned pro at the end of 2022.
Direction Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from February 2 to 5 for the pupil of René Darrieumerlou to play this very richly endowed tournament on the course of the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club. The nugget from Golf de Seignosse, author of a very good first outing as a pro during the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, has been training hard in recent weeks, despite difficult weather conditions.
The Tarbais Victor Perez was also approached but would have finally opted for the DP World Tour tournament in the emirates in Ras Al Khaimah. The list of registrants is available on the official Asian Tour website. The PGA Tour is an organization that curates major professional golf tours in the United States.
It is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida. Its official name is written in all capital letters, i.e. “PGA TOUR”. The PGA Tour became its own organization in 1968 when it split from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of golf professionals, such as instructors and club managers.
Tournament players first formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG). Later, in 1968, the players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA “Tournament Players Division”, a fully autonomous division of the PGA, overseen by a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board.
The name then officially changed to “PGA Tour” in 1975. In 1981, it had a marketing dispute with the PGA of America and decided to officially change its name. From the end of August of that year it becomes “TPA Tour”, which stands for “Tournament Players Association”.
The dispute was resolved within seven months and the name of the tour reverted to being “PGA Tour” in March 1982.
